Prayer before the Crib
Prayer before the Crib. 1
From The Raccolta, compiled by the Apostolic Penitentiary, 1910 Tools
Source
| Printed in | The Raccolta |
|---|---|
| Imprint | 28 Orchard Street, London W; New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Burns & Oates (London) and Benziger Bros (New York, Chicago, Cincinnati), 1910 |
| Scan | the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Approbation, printed: N. Cardinal Archbishop [of Westminster], "Westminster, October 23, 1857", approving the translation "by virtue of the above Rescript of His Holiness". Rescript described in the Approbation: Holy Father's audience "granted February 3, 1856" (Pius IX); rescript signed "AL. BARNABO, Secretary" of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, "Given at Rome ... on the day and year aforesaid". No imprimatur or nihil obstat appears on the leaves read. |
| Indulgence | i. 200 Days, once a day, if said in the Basilica of St Mary Major. ii. 100 Days, once a day, if said anywhere else. (See Instructions, p. 1.) |
| Transcription | Transcribed from the scan of the 1910 edition. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Saints
- St. Joseph
- Feasts
- Christmas
- Prayers for
- peace
I ADORE Thee, O Word Incarnate, true SON of GOD from all eternity, and true Son of Mary ever Virgin in the fullness of time. When I adore thy divine Person, and the Humanity united to thy Divinity, I venerate the poor manger which welcomed Thee when an Infant, and which was truly the throne of thy love. I prostrate myself before it with the simplicity of the shepherds, with the faith of Joseph, with the love of Mary. I bow down in veneration of this precious memorial of our salvation with the same spirit of mortification, poverty and humility with which Thou, though the LORD of heaven and earth, didst choose for thyself a manger wherein to lay thy tender infant limbs. And Thou, O LORD, who in thine Infancy didst deign to lay thyself in this manger, vouchsafe also to pour into my heart a drop of that joy to which the sight of thy lovely Childhood, and the miracles which accompanied thy Birth, gave rise. By that holy Birth, I now implore Thee to grant to all the world peace and goodwill, and in the name of the whole human race I render thanks and honour to GOD the FATHER, and to GOD the HOLY SPIRIT, who with Thee live and reign one GOD world without end. Amen.
i. 200 Days, once a day, if said in the Basilica of St Mary Major.
ii. 100 Days, once a day, if said anywhere else.
(See Instructions, p. 1.)
- Pius IX, Br. October 1, 1861. ↩
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